Assistant Project Manager

Location

Warrington, Cheshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Title:  Assistant Project Manager    
Location: UK - Various Locations – Agile Working Options       
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits    

Role Type: Permanent & Full Time         
Role ID: SF55339

At Babcock we’re creating a safe and secure world, together – and you can play your part as an Assistant Project Manager with Cavendish Nuclear. Join us and you’ll be part of an international aerospace, defence and security company that’s united by its purpose. Help us achieve a meaningful goal. It all starts with you.

Our highly skilled team tackles major defence, decommissioning, new build and nuclear generation projects and has won over 78% of its latest tenders. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. We’re also bringing the UK closer to Net Zero, through our work with Hinkley C, Sizewell C and X Energy. As Cavendish Nuclear continues to expand, so do the possibilities.

The role
As an Assistant Project Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll deliver key project management functions in support of the overall project delivery, including schedule, financial and risk functions.

Day to day you'll operate in support of Project Managers covering specific project tasks, deputising for the lead Project Manager or sometimes managing non-complex projects under supervision. You’ll be expected to apply the central project management competencies to a sufficient level.

• You’ll support the development of accurate and up-to-date financial and schedule estimates to ensure the project is accurately planned and reported.
• Manage the planning, monitor and control of work packages being delivered by other internal and external resources and apply the Business Management System (BMS) appropriately for the project and produce and communicate project-reporting data on Project Controls and Finance systems.
• Undertake all aspects of stakeholder management and communications activities are required and support development of stakeholder management plans.

This role is full time and can be based from any of our Cavendish Nuclear hubs. We offer flexible, hybrid working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. 

Essential experience of the Assistant Project Manager

• Relevant experience in a similar environment/sector
• Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to close out – desirable 
• Awareness of various contracting methodologies (e.g. FIDIC/NEC3/JCT etc…)
• Application of core project management techniques
• Awareness of Engineering principles and common project challenges

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Manager

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience then we would like to hear from you.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve the appropriate of security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together. 

Babcock International For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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